All Chemicals

Using paper to clean up oil spills
Added: 23 Oct 2012
A project in Slovenia is hoping to transform papermill sludge into an absorbent capable of cleaning…

Huntsman UK trials new waste-heat power system (Comment added)
Added: 22 Oct 2012
Redcar, UK – DRD Power has installed its first heat recovery system, which uses Organic Rankine Cyc…

Saudi Aramco inks procurement deal with Yokogawa
Added: 17 Oct 2012
Riyadh – Saudi Aramco has signed a corporate procurement agreement (CPA) with Yokogawa: a deal cove…

Chemical industry realities not part of EU's flowery vision
Added: 17 Oct 2012
London – The world will, sooner rather than later, live in ecologically-sound harmony with higher p…

Chemical industry: From suspect to sustainable
Added: 17 Oct 2012
Janez Poto?nik, European commissioner for environment chemical industry speech to the annual meetin…
MOF technique could improve gas storage
Added: 12 Oct 2012
Reserarchers are planning to exploit opportunities in global carbon capture, hazardous gas storage …

Oxygen sensor for safer pharma, chemicals operations
Added: 12 Oct 2012
London – Pharmaceuticals and speciality chemicals are typically produced in batches by mixing sever…

Manchester 'Adblue' plant handles urea challenge
Added: 12 Oct 2012
Manchester, UK – Multisol Ltd, based in Manchester, manufactures a urea solution, commonly referred…

Complex energy scene should not 'fuel' inertia
Added: 10 Oct 2012
London – The UK process industries are facing unprecedented rises in their energy bills over the ne…

BP to sell Texas City refinery for $2.5bn
Added: 9 Oct 2012
London - BP is to sell its Texas City refinery and part of its retail and logistics network in the …

Government consults industry over energy costs
Added: 9 Oct 2012
London – The Government has launched a consultation over its proposed £250 million Energy Intensive…

Euro11bn REACH burdens EU chemical makers
Added: 5 Oct 2012
London – European chemical manufacturers group Cefic has posted an uncertain outlook for the sector…

BASF, CSM forming bio-chemical JV
Added: 5 Oct 2012
Ludwigshafen, Germany - BASF and Purac, part of CSM, are establishing a joint venture. called Succi…

Public backing for chemicals industry
Added: 3 Oct 2012
London – A recent survey of public opinion shows that the chemical industry in the UK enjoys a surp…

Bayer CropScience to invest Euro7bn
Added: 20 Sep 2012
Monheim, Germany - Bayer CropScience (BCS) has unveiled plans to invest Euro7 billion between 2011 …
Nano-velcro measures toxic metals in fluids
Added: 11 Sep 2012
Researchers have developed a method of measuring water-born toxic chemicals using a strip of glass …

Shell taps Foster Wheeler for Qatar MEG project
Added: 9 Sep 2012
Zug, Switzerland - Shell Global Solutions International BV has awarded Foster Wheeler the contract …

Getting on with wireless
Added: 6 Sep 2012
London – Even the more optimistic among proponents of convergence between WirelessHart and ISA100.1…

Big tanks go for advanced level sensing
Added: 4 Sep 2012
London – ?Tank-fill level can be a relatively straightforward parameter to monitor, but level senso…

Cobalt catalyst advances water splitting process
Added: 28 Aug 2012
Researchers at Cambridge University have produced hydrogen, H2, from water using a catalyst under i…